Star Card by Gemma

I have a new messy square card to share with you all for my post today using one of my first stamps from The Artistic Stamper. It was a very loved stamp but one I had completely forgotten about, and it was lovely to come across it and love it again, but then who doesnt love a good numeral/number stamp. 

My Process

I started by cutting a piece of white card to fit my card blank and then creating a border around the card by masking off the edges with washi tape. Once that was done I gently tapped on some Color Burst ( a little really does go a long way) and sprayed it with water. I did this twice drying between layers adding a lot of water to the first layer and a little to the second. Over this I stamped the large dot stamp in ink before removing the washi tape.

Once dry I stamped over the whole piece of card with a script stamp and black ink. On a separate piece of white card, I drew a star using the star mask as a template and stamped in the center with the number stamp and black ink. After cutting the star out I glued it to the background and added some detail with black and white pens.

xx Gemma xx

Products from The Artistic Stamper

Calligraphic Mat 12

Large Dotty Background

Family Values Number stamp

Star Mask

Fun Flower Canvas by Gemma

Hello

It is midway through the month and there is still plenty of time to join the challenge here on the blog and on the Facebook page. I am loving the entries so far and can not wait to see more of them.

I have a bright green canvas to share with you all today. The focus was the bright green background made with a calligraphy mat and Harlequin mask 

What I did 😊

I started by applying texture paste through the Harlequin mask. Once that was dry I applied layers of green paint, some I mixed with water for a thinner consistency, and some I added white paint to for a different tint of green, while they were still wet I wiped the paint away on some of the Harlequin patterns.

Once dry I repositioned the Harlequin mask back over the texture paste and applied a very small amount of very watered down paint. When I did this I made sure not to completely cover the layers underneath knocking it back with a wipe if I needed to.

The background was finished off by stamping in a brown ink with a calligraphy mat stamp.

Then I doodled the flowers on and a border around the edges.

Thanks for reading

Gemma

Products from the Artistic Stamper

Harlequin Mask

Caligraphy Mat

Star Card By Gemma

 I love this card and tag, it combines everything I like, stamping, stenciling, Distress Inks, Stars and using Gesso to mask/ push back areas.

 Steps

 1- Pick three colours of Distress Ink, Spread each colour on a mat separately and spray with water, press the card stock into the ink. Dry each colour before adding the next.

2- Using the same colours of ink stamp different sized star stamps over the card. 

3- Using a star stamp add a couple of dark brown or black stars. 

4- Using a star mask and a white pen draw in stars.

5- Paint over the rest of the piece of card with a thin layer of Gesso carefully painting around the stars that have drawn in with the white pen.

6- Doodle around the edge of the card and the stars with a black pen and glue to a card blank.

7- Draw and cut a star from the leftover card, stamp a word onto the star and glue it to the card over a strip of black cardstock and inked paper. 

xx Gemma xx

Products from The Artistic Stamper

Star Plethora

Star Background

Stars Mask

Neil Walker Butterfly Tag by Gemma

It's the end of February already the mornings are starting to get nice and bright here, which always makes me feel better and we have a new challenge starting on the blog soon I am looking forward to seeing all the entries. 

I have a tag to share with you all today created using Distress Inks, a mask, and stamps from The Artistic Stamper.  

 Steps

1- Apply a thick layer of gel medium through a stencil on one corner of the tag, this will take a while to dry.

2- Apply a thinner scrapping of gel medium through the same mask in a small area on the opposite corner of the tag.

3- Spread three colours of Distress ink onto a glass mat, spritz with water and push the tag into the ink, dry between layers, 

4- Use a brush to help apply ink over the thick gel medium and continue layering until happy with the result.

5- Using a wet wipe or damp cloth remove the ink from the gel medium.

6- Using one of the inks from the first layer apply more ink through the same mask in two or three areas.

7- Stamp over the top of the tag with one or two different background stamps for added interest.

8- Stamp a focal image in the bottom corner and the top of the tag using archival ink. I have used a butterfly stamp designed by Neil Walker, ensure the image is overhanging the tag. 

9- Wipe off any ink from the gel medium.

xx Gemma xx

The Artistic Stamper Products

Neil Walker Butterfly Stamp

Calligraphic Mat 20

Harlequin Background Stamp

Harlequin Mask

Skeleton Leaves

Well...as the challenge for this month is "anything goes", I thought I would get on with making my friend her birthday card. While I was studying where to start...anything goes challenges really are a challenge for me!!!...I spied some lollipop sticks on my worktop, left over from a project I did a while ago, so I thought I would make use of them.
I started by taping four of them together and then stenciled texture paste through the SMALL DOTS MASK

then I went on to spritz it with different inks

while that was drying I stamped and embossed one of the SKELETON LEAVES and made a little "friend" tag with one of the many words from the FRAMED WORDS stamp set.I then added these to the lolly stick mat,with a bit of raffia and then added this to a card front mop up....mopping up the excess ink from spritzing the lolly sticks, with a piece of card.

I do hope you can join in with this months "Anything Goes" challenge, I look forward to seeing your entry.

JANE

Rapunzel Journal page by Gemma

 A couple of days off December, which is a super busy month for me as I am sure it is for lots of you, I am so behind. I wanted to take some time to play in my art journal, so I have a page to share with you all today inspired by this window stamp from The Artistic Stamper that always reminds me of Rapunzel, so I added a quote from the story 'That beautiful bird is no longer sitting in her nest, nor is she singing anymore'

After laying Gesso down I sprayed some purple sprays I had left over from a different project, while they were wet I sponged areas for texture. Once that was dry I made some marks with a black paint pen.

Then I randomly stamped over the top with a calligraphy mat. On a separate sheet of card, I stamped the window and heat embossed it with black embossing powder.

I made a pencil mark so I knew where I wanted the window to be, and then masked round the section I wanted to use on Jennies flourish stencil.  Once I had the stencil in position I applied I mixture of green paint and texture paste.

While waiting for that to dry I stamped several flowers and a butterfly onto card. After colouring them in with pencils and distress ink I cut them out and glued them into place.

Thank you for popping by

Gemma

Products from The Artistic Stamper

Architecture 1

Butterflies 2

Calligraphy Mat 4

Floral Flowers

Swirl Mask

Love, Live, Laugh by Gemma

 I have another quick card to share with you today, I only used a black piece of card, white ink, and paint along with some of my Artistic Stamper stamps and stencils

Step by Step

- Cut a piece of black card to fit the front of a card blank
- Stamp around the edges with white ink and a background stamp. I have used the mini square wire stamp.
-Blend a little ink around the edges of the card.
- Mix a little white paint with water and splatter paint over the top

- Sponge white paint through the words love, live, and laugh from the 6x6 work mask. Opps! I meant to use the word life from the same mask but got a bit carried away.

- Stamp one of  Neil Walkers Birdz on the bottom in white paint extending the legs to the base of the card.
- Doodle some flowers in random places with a white paint pen, also go over the stamped and stenciled images as needed.

Thanks for reading

Gemma

Products from The Artistic Stamper

Mini Square Wire background

Word Mask

Neil Walkers Birdz

Hearts Tag by Gemma

 Sharing a fun and messy tag today that I made with a piece of black card cut to shape, lots of black and white paint and a mixture of stamps and masks. 

There is still plenty of time to check out this month challenge here on the blog andFacebookbook for a chance to win.

 Step by Step

- Drag black and white acrylic paint over a sheet of cardstock using an old store card or palette knife. Make sure to overlap the black and white paint in areas to mix different shades of gray.

- Before it completely dries (here is the messy part) take some different stamps and/or masks and randomly stamp over the top. You want this to be fairly busy as it will be ripped into small sections.

- Cut a tag measuring 9 x 21 cm from black cardstock, also cut some of the painted cardstock down to the rough size and shape needed to fit the tag.

- Stamp two of Neil Walkers Mini Hearts and the word imagine from the framed words set onto white card and cut then out.

- Stamp onto the tag with white ink and a calligraphy mat, edge the tag with the same ink and scrape some black paint over the top through a mask for added interest.

- Rip around all the edges of the painted pieces of card and lay them onto of the tag. Change the sizes until you are pleased and add more black or white paint in places to make your layers stand out from each other. 

- Glue everything into place adding the hearts and text last.

Thanks for reading

Gemma

Products from The Artistic Stamper

Neil Walkers Mini Hearts

Framed Words 1

Chicken Wire

Mini Backgrounds 2

Large Dot Mask

Calligraphy Mat 11

Butterfly Tag Card by Gemma

I have a card to show you today using two tags, Distress Inks and Dylusions sprays

Spread some Squeezed Lemonade, Twisted Citron and Carved Pumpkin Distress ink onto a mat, spray it with water and drag the larger tag through the ink. Repeat this with the smaller tag and Twisted Citron Distress ink. Once dry place the petal mask over the tags and spray with White Linen.

Continue spraying the tags through the mask with Squeezed Orange and Lemon Zest Dylusions sprays.  

Once dry blend some Twisted Citron Distressed Ink over a Honeycomb mask and around the edges. Mount the tags to some black cardstock, and glue them together.

Stamp two butterflies using archival ink and blend some Squeezed Lemon Distress Ink over the top, doodle over the butterflies with a black pen. Once dry glue the butterflies and some die cut flowers to the front of the card.

Thanks for reading

Gemma

Products from The Artistic Stamper

Butterflies 2 stamps

Lace Background

Petal Mask

Honeycomb Mask

Paint and Hearts Birthday card by Gemma

 I created this 20 x 20 cms card and coordinating gift box and card box, using PaperArtsy paints, stamps and masks from The Artistic Stamper

I cut a piece of white card to fit the front of my card blank, which I ran through my cutting machine using mixed media dies. I then applied some texture paste in places through the honeycomb mask.

After coating the card with a layer of Gesso, I added China and Captain Peacock PaperArtsy paints over the top mixing it in with the Gesso. I dry brushed over the top with the same colours to highlight the areas covered with texture paste.

I stamped over the top with different stamps and colours, I used the honeycomb stamp and Tinned Peas paint.  Calligraphy mat 12 with Captin Peacock and Calligraphy Mat 11 and Gesso.

Once I was happy with the background and had glued it to the card front. I started working on and glueing embellishments on top. I took some cardboard hearts from my stash coated then with Tinned Peas paint, stamped over the top with Calligraphy Mat 11 and edged them with gilding wax. 

All of the other embellishments came from my stash they were painted with the same paints with the addition of Haystack and stamped with the same two Calligraphy Mats.

Thanks for stopping by and reading, I have loved seeing all the challenge entries thin months and can not wait to see what you talented bunch create next month.

Gemma 

Products from The Artistic Stamper

Honeycomb and Bees Stamp

Honeycomb Mask

Calligraphy Mat 11

Calligraphy Mat 12

Paperartsy Fresco Finish Paints